Sam Goldheart

Sam Goldheart

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I'm Samantha Goldheart, I mostly go by Sam, and I have the honor of being the lead teardown engineer here at iFixit. Most of the time my writings will teach you valuable things about technology. This time they will be used to gab aimlessly about myself.

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I got my degree from Cal Poly, SLO (the ''real'' Cal Poly) in Graphic Communication, which deals primarily with printing. I concentrated in the design end of things, got a minor in packaging, and was a student manager of the on-campus printshop. I also took way too many art, literature, typography, sociology and history courses. This bit was meant to explain that I really like learning, about everything. And I guess I was going to work in a warning about how much I love run-on sentences. And well-placed fragments. But maybe it has become a stream-of-conscious ramble that we should try to escape from.

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Hi Tom! Be sure you’re using our repair guides, not our teardown! I assume you’re talking about these connectors on the display. If those photos aren’t enough to help you out, maybe our connector guide can help a bit with disconnection?

I’m not sure how much water you’re getting, this Samsung help page is about an unruly dispenser, sounds like you may have already tried a lot, but here’re their recommendations: (1) Make sure the ice dispenser is sealed properly, and the fridge is level and not the source of drips (2) Purge air from the line by running the dispenser into a bucket (3) Inspect the water line couplers that pass through the door

Hi Fazeel! I’d suggest trying to gently clean the switch with compressed air or high concentration isopropyl alcohol before anything else. If that doesn’t seem to help, try opening the laptop and reseating the power button, and checking for any loose connections, you can find the service manual for your machine here. If that fails, you may need to replace the power button board, which shouldn’t be a very expensive part. Best of luck, and happy fixing!

Hi Amaya! Here's some resources I hope can help you out! (1) A previous similar question with a great response and link My furby just quit moving (2) A disassembly and "push-start" guide for Furbies (3) A list of known problems for 2005 Furbies

Hey Alexander! That looks like a gasket that belongs on the front panel sensor assembly (the front-facing camera, ambient light sensor, and microphone cable you pulled off the top of the phone). This particular rubber bit belongs on top of the ambient light sensor. We don't have a great image for you, but I found this unsourced one in a broken link on Google images. Your phone will likely be fine without it, but it may struggle in dimming when you make calls and other ambient-light issues, since this helps shade that sensor.

Looks like you can search for "Settings" on your phone, then Reset, then Restore Home Screen Layout. http://ccm.net/faq/34313-ios-the-settings-icon-is-missing says: Open Spotlight Search, and type Settings. Tap Settings. Go to the Reset section > Reset Home Screen layout.

Dell posts full service manuals, which is a good sign for repairability, and means you can take a peek for yourself! I found a manual for the E7470 and it looks pretty darn repairable and upgradable based on those images!

It looks like this may be a similar issue? My iPhone 2g is not turning on or charging Try a hard reset "holding home and power buttons whilst plugged into a power outlet" then try cleaning contacts. If that doesn't work you may need to replace the battery. This answer also suggests simply trying another charging cord wont turn on or charge

Hi there! The battery kit does come with replacement adhesive along with all the tools needed to complete the repair. The part-only battery does not include adhesive, it needs to be purchased separately!

We consider teardowns to be an exploration of the device—its design, repairability, and the procedures needed to get in. After a teardown you’ve got more experience to make guides to address hardware problems. Troubleshooting should start with software things (have you tried turning it off and on again) and then move into hardware replacements using the guides the teardown helped create!

Hi Stuart! We’d love for you to make a guide using our step-by-step guides as a base, unfortunately this teardown is not nearly in-depth enough for a user to even get to the clutch cover, so removal tips would be much better served elsewhere. You or @jarl are welcome to add a note to this display guide for example, if a full guide is too much to ask. Thanks for your enthusiasm! Keep on fixing!